Edmund Ritter von Hellmer (12 November 1850,

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– 9 March 1935, Vienna), born Edmund Hellmer and ennobled in 1912, was an Austrian sculptor who worked in the styles of

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and Art Nouveau.

Life

Hellmer studied architecture at the Polytechnikum in Vienna. At the same time, he received his first artistic training from his uncle, the sculptor Josef Schönfeld. In 1866, Hellmer decided to study sculpture full-time at the

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. While there, he also worked in the studio of Hanns Gasser, who helped him to finance a short stay in Paris. In 1869, at the age of 19, he presented a statue of

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at the International Art Exhibition in

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. He won a prize that included a scholarship, enabling him to spend almost two years in Italy. In 1870, he returned to Vienna and worked as a freelance sculptor. In 1879, he was appointed a Professor at the Academy and, from 1882 to 1892, was a member of the faculty there. Emil Fuchs was one of Hellmer's most prominent students.Quoted on Tate website:
Ronald Alley, ''Catalogue of the Tate Gallery's Collection of Modern Art other than Works by British Artists'', Tate Gallery and Sotheby Parke-Bernet, London 1981, pp.227–8 In 1897, he was one of the founders of the

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. From 1901 to 1922 he was an associate dean, then a full dean at the Academy. During the last year of his life, he was confined to a wheelchair.

Major works

* ''Franz Joseph I Gives His People a Constitution'',

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at the Austrian Parliament Building, 1879 * ''Schindler Monument'' in the

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. Marble, 1895 * ''Die Macht zu Lande'' (The Forces on Land), fountain at the Hofburg in Vienna. Marble, 1897 * ''Goethe Monument'', at the Opera Ring in Vienna. Bronze, 1900. * ''Empress Elisabeth Monument'',

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, 1901. * ''Castalia Fountain'' at the

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, 1910 * ''Johann Strauß Monument'' in the Stadtpark, Vienna. Bronze with marble reliefs, 1921 * Grave statues for

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(1889),

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(1903) and Hugo Wolf (1904), among many others.

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Edmund von Hellmer, Wiener Goethe-Denkmal, 1900

Entry for Edmund von Hellmer
on the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hellmer, Edmund von Austrian male sculptors Artists from Vienna 1850 births 1935 deaths Art Nouveau sculptors Members of the Vienna Secession 20th-century Austrian sculptors 19th-century sculptors 19th-century Austrian male artists 20th-century Austrian male artists

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